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Demand Response Application as a Service: An SDN-Based Management Framework

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (19493053)Year: 1 May 2022Volume: 13Issue: Pages: 1952 - 1966
Montazerolghaem A.a Yaghmaee M.H.
GreenDOI:10.1109/TSG.2021.3139004Language: English

Abstract

With an increase in the utilization of appliances, meeting the energy demand of consumers by traditional power grids is an important issue. The success of Demand Response (DR) depends conclusively on real-time data communication between the consumers and the suppliers. Hence, a scalable and programmable communication network is required to handle the data generated. We prove that the problem of DR global load balancing includes energy and data constraints is NP-hard. So, a dynamic and self-configurable network technology known as Software-defined Networking (SDN) can be an efficient solution. In order to handle DR communication challenges, an SDN-enabled framework for DR flow management is designed in this paper. This framework is based on two-tier cloud computing and manages energy and data traffic seamlessly. We also equip this framework with Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technology. The proposed framework is implemented on a practical testbed, which includes Open vSwitch, Floodlight controller, and OpenStack. Its performance is appraised by comprehensive experiments and scenarios. Based on the results, it achieves low delay, a high throughput, and improves Peak to Average Ratio (PAR) by balancing the energy and data on the entire DR network. © 2010-2012 IEEE.


Author Keywords

demand response automation server (DRAS)DR softwarizationflow managementOpenFlow switchessoftware-defined networkingTwo-tier cloud computing

Other Keywords

Application programsCloud computingElectric lightingElectric power transmission networksNetwork function virtualizationQuality of serviceSoftware reliabilityCloud-computingCommunications networksDelayDemand responseDemand response automation serverDemand response softwarizationFlow managementOpenflow switch.Openflow switchesQuality-of-serviceSoftware-defined networkingsTwo tiersTwo-tier cloud computingSoftware defined networking